2012 Products
Unlike previous Express editions, each of which was geared around a single project type, each of the 2012 Express editions is geared toward an overall solution type, and can contain more than one project type (for example, a web solution might consist of a web application project and a couple of C# class-library projects).
Microsoft has released four Visual Studio Express 2012 products:
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| Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web | Allows development of web applications. Includes integrated features for deploying to Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform. |
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| Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 | Allows development of Metro-style apps for Windows Store. This edition runs only on Windows 8. | Windows 8 | |
| Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop | Allows development of conventional Windows desktop applications in C#, VB.NET and C++, targeting Windows client technologies such as Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Forms, and the Win32 API. Unlike previous Express editions, it also has in-built support for compiling 64-bit binaries through the IDE. |
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| Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Express 2012 | Provides source control, work-item tracking, application lifecycle management and build automation for teams of up to five developers. |
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| Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone | Consists of Windows Phone 8 SDK that enables developing applications for Windows Phone v7.5 and v8 and testing them on an emulator. Supports C++, .NET Framework and DirectX. As part of its .NET Framework support, it can integrate with Microsoft Expression Blend. | Windows 8 (x64 only) |
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